Kyle Sanders | |
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 Sanders in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Bassist |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Member of | Kerry King |
| Formerly of | |
Kyle Sanders is an American bass guitarist who was a member of heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah and is currently a member of Kerry King's solo band. [1] He previously played for Skrew, Medication, Bloodsimple, and MonstrO. He is the brother of Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders, [2] who he has occasionally collaborated with. [3] [4]
Sanders started playing bass in middle school, he taught himself by playing along to his favorite metal bands. [5] His younger brother, Troy, also plays bass because of Kyle. His first notable band was the industrial metal band Skrew. [6]
He was an original member of Medication, alongside Logan Mader (guitar, vocals), Whitfield Crane (vocals), B. Blunt (guitar), and Roy Mayorga (drums). [7] The band recorded one album, Prince Valium (2002), [8] and one self-titled EP. [9]
Sanders was a founding member of Bloodsimple, originally founded under the name Fix 8, [10] alongside members of Vision of Disorder. With the band, he toured alongside Superjoint Ritual, [11] Static-X, [12] Soulfly, [13] and Avenged Sevenfold. [14] Bloodsimple dispanded in 2008 after Vision of Disorder reunited. [15] [16]
After Bloodsimple broke up, Sanders co-founded MonstrO along ex-Bloodsimple drummer Bevan Davies and ex-Torche guitarist Juan Montoya. [16] This band went on hiatus in 2014 after Sanders joined Hellyeah. [17]
Sanders joined Hellyeah in 2014 as a replacement for Bob Zilla. [17] He joined alongside Christian Brady, who replaced founding member Greg Tribbett. [18] Sanders was also joined in Hellyeah by Roy Mayorga, [19] who he had played with in Medication, following the death of founding drummer Vinnie Paul. [20] The band went on hiatus in 2021. [21]
In February 2024, Sanders was announced as bassist for Slayer guitarist Kerry King's solo band, [1] playing on his debut album From Hell I Rise and the single "Idle Hands". [22]
Sanders is the owner of Let There Be Rock School, where students from ages 5–70 are taught [5] , as well as BlackStrap Rock Hall- a music venue geared specifically towards rock & metal genres; both are located in Gainesville, Georgia. He said that he founded this venture to get away from his touring life. [5]
Kerry Ray King is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the band for its 43-year existence, along with Tom Araya. During Slayer's hiatus from 2019 to 2024, King went on to pursue a solo career, with his debut album From Hell I Rise released in May 2024.
Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois, in 1996. Known for their sonic experimentation, face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has sold over five million records worldwide. The group consists of lead guitarist Greg Tribbett, drummer Matthew McDonough, lead vocalist Chad Gray, bassist Ryan Martinie and live rhythm guitarist Marcus Rafferty. The band became popular in the late-1990s Peoria underground music scene, and they found success with the single "Dig" from their debut album L.D. 50 (2000). After releasing four more albums and touring relentlessly for nearly a decade, Mudvayne went on hiatus in 2010. They reunited in 2021 and continue to perform live.
Superjoint, formerly known as Superjoint Ritual, was an American metal/hardcore band formed in the 1990s and fronted by Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo.
Stone Sour was an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar), Johny Chow (bass) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman and Shawn Economaki left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2020.
Robert Kakaha, also known as Bob Zilla, is an American musician who is the bassist for rock band Hush Money. He is best known as the former bassist of heavy metal bands Damageplan and Hellyeah.
Chad Gray is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah.
Logan Conrad Mader is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a guitarist for melodic death metal band Once Human and a former lead guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head.
Gregory Arnold Tribbett Jr. is an American guitarist who is one of the founding members, lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the metal band Mudvayne. He is also the former lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the metal bands Audiotopsy and Hellyeah. He's been with Mudvayne from their inception in 1996 until their dissolution in 2010, and again from 2021 to now. He has named Randy Rhoads as the guitarist who most influenced him. Greg has 3 brothers; Derrick "Tripp" Tribbett, who previously played bass for Dope, and sang for Makeshift Romeo and Twisted Method, The Late Dustin "Diggz" Tribbett, once the bass player for Element, and Dead End Asylum, is now an independent musician and writer, and also Matt Tribbett, who was a drum technician for the American metal band Slipknot.
Roy Mayorga is an American musician, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Soulfly, Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry.
Bevan Davies is an American musician best known as the drummer for the hard rock and heavy metal bands Madfly, Comes with the Fall, and Danzig, and for forming the band MonstrO. He has also served as touring drummer for Jerry Cantrell, Static-X, and Engelbert Humperdinck, among numerous others.
Troy Jayson Sanders is an American musician, best known as the bassist and one of the vocalists of heavy metal band Mastodon. He is also active in the supergroups Killer Be Killed and Gone Is Gone and is the current touring bassist for rock band Thin Lizzy.
Bloodsimple was an American heavy metal band from New York City that formed in 2002. They were signed to Warner Bros. Records.
Hellyeah, stylized as HELLYEAH, was an American heavy metal supergroup formed in Dallas, Texas, in 2006. The band's last lineup consisted of lead vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Christian Brady and Tom Maxwell, bassist Kyle Sanders, and drummer Roy Mayorga. The idea to form a supergroup originated in 2000 on the Tattoo the Earth tour, although plans were constantly put on hold due to scheduling conflicts. The summer of 2006 allowed the band to take the project seriously and record its first album. Recorded at Chasin' Jason studio in Dimebag Darrell's backyard, their self-titled album entered the Billboard 200 at number 9, selling 45,000 copies. They went on to release five more studio albums between 2010 and 2019. As of 2021, the band is on hiatus.
Red Harvest is the second and final album by American metal band Bloodsimple, released on October 30, 2007. Will Hunt of the band Dark New Day played drums on the album. Frontman Tim Williams explained that the title of the album is based on the 1929 book of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.
Torche was an American stoner metal/sludge metal band from Miami, Florida. The group formed in 2004 and has released five full-length studio albums, four EPs, two split albums, and three singles. They released their fifth and final full-length studio album, Admission, in 2019.
Medication was an American rock band that included Logan Mader, Whitfield Crane, B. Blunt, Kyle Sanders and Roy Mayorga. They released a self-titled EP and an album titled Prince Valium through Locomotive Music, and filmed a video for the song "Inside". Before the recording of Prince Valium, Mayorga parted ways from the group to rejoin Soulfly for the recording of 3. He was replaced by Chris Hamilton. They played one show in Los Angeles with nu metal band Strain 999 at The Whisky on Sunset with Robert Trujillo, now of Metallica, on bass. They disbanded in 2003 due to the cancelation of their European tour and the US branch of their record label closing.
MonstrO was an American rock band composed of drummer Bevan Davies, lead guitarist Juan Montoya, singer/rhythm guitarist Charlie Suarez, and bassist Kyle Sanders.
Killer Be Killed is an American heavy metal supergroup founded by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and Converge drummer Ben Koller. The band had slowly been working on material before announcing its name in October 2013, along with their signing to Nuclear Blast. The group's self-titled debut record was released in 2014. In September 2020, the group returned with a new single, and released their second album Reluctant Hero in November of that year.
Welcome Home is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Hellyeah. It was released on September 27, 2019, and is the last album to feature drummer and founding member Vinnie Paul following his death on June 22, 2018. Welcome Home was also the last album Hellyeah released before going on hiatus in 2021.
From Hell I Rise is the debut solo album by Slayer guitarist Kerry King, released on May 17, 2024, through Reigning Phoenix Music. It is King's first album since disbanding Slayer in 2019, and its contributors include Mark Osegueda of Death Angel on vocals, former Vio-lence and Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders, and Slayer and former Testament, Forbidden and Exodus drummer Paul Bostaph. The album's sound has been described as similar to Slayer.
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